Man Without God
When did the West become post-Christian?
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
Best Do Nothing
What can we learn from the economic consequences of the First World War?
Muscovite Manners
Teaching etiquette in the modern world
Puck at 80
Sir Ronald Harwood serves as a reminder that the traditions of J.B. Priestley and Noël Coward are not quite dead in British theatre
Farm Agents
The surprising story of Britain's first animated feature, Animal Farm
Wealth of Rubbish
Why do so many rich capitalists have a penchant for collecting anti-capitalist art?
Drawing Board: Egon Schiele
Was the artist an exploitative pornographer or one of the greatest artists of the 20th century?
Our love affair with Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy's study of adultery is widely thought of as a romantic work. But don't send it to your lover
Squire Scruton and the Tory Disposition
Roger Scruton's new book roots British Conservatism in our distinctive history
Lucky Jim and La Longue Durée
In a short and ambitious book The History Manifesto, Jo Guldi and David Armitage explore the human condition and who we will become
Quirks of a Great Queen
An excellent new biography on Queen Victoria shows she remains a profound paradox
The Fog of War Lifts on Waterloo
Two new and remarkable books prove how Waterloo will continue to divide historians for centuries